(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel'

A row of icons on a computer screen that activate commands or functions when clicked, graphical user interface A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system

A thin, flat or convex slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs, A hollow fired clay or concrete block used for building walls, A similar slab or plate of pottery, glazed and often decorated, used for ornamental pavements, revetments to walls, etc.; also, a like slab of porcelain, glazed and plain or decorated; an encaustic tile; also, a slab of stone or marble used with others like it in a pavement or revetment, verb_ cover with tiles, computing To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface), transitive verb_ To cover with tiles, To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated, To cover or provide with tiles

Plural form of interface

(computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals), The point of interconnection between two entities, A plane surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, intransitive verb_ To serve as an interface for, To serve as an interface or become interfaced, transitive verb_ to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface

The top of a desk, (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear, adjective_ Designed for use on a desk or table, computing Of an application, converted to be carried out on a personal computer

A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components, A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game, detachable compartment of a spacecraft

a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device